JEHANARA KAJJAN AKA KAJJAN BAI: Kahe Neha Lagaye Sajaniyan… скачать в хорошем качестве

JEHANARA KAJJAN AKA KAJJAN BAI: Kahe Neha Lagaye Sajaniyan…

Jehanara Kajjan, also known as Kajjan Bai (1915–1945), or "Miss Kajjan" Miss Kajjan was the reigning queen of the stage plays of Agha Hashr in the 1920s and early 30s and later became very popular through films. She was a trained singer, the fashionable modern girl, and the trendsetter. She was known as the Powder Girl as her photo adorned the Powder Ads in London. She was saluted as the ‘Lark of Hindi cinema’ and the ‘Beautiful Nightingale of Bengal Screen’. She acted in nearly 50 films including the famous “Laila Majnu (1931). Kajjan’s mother Suggan apparently had one such relationship with her father. The anti-nautch campaign at the beginning of the 20th Century denigrated the singing and dancing profession. Some, among them, became gramophone singers or theatre stage actors. Kajjan received education at home and even learnt English. Well versed in Urdu literature, she wrote poetry under the pen name “Ada” and some of her poems were published in Urdu magazines. She received intensive training in Hindustani classical music from Ustad Hussain Khan of Patna. Noting her mastery of ragas, her mellifluous voice and also her charming looks, she was hired by a theatre company at Patna. She is said to have performed on stage for three days at a fee of Rs.250 per show. She enchanted the audience with her golden voice. This paved the way to her joining Alfred Company owned by Madan Theatres of Calcutta. According to Fida Hussain, a Parsi theatre legend, “He worked with actress Jahanara Kajjan becoming her director and leading man”. Kajjan attained name and fame as a very popular singer and actor of the stage. The advent of talkies in 1931 brought a revolution in the entertainment scene. The phenomenal success of the first talkie “Alam Ara” in March 1931 inspired a number of producers to make their “all talking, singing, dancing films”. Madan Theatres of Calcutta were already in the field and were only a few weeks behind when they hit the screen with “Shirin Farhad” based on the stage play scripted by the renowned playwright Agha Hashar Kashmiri. “Shirin Farhad” beat “Alam Ara” as it was more refined technically and featured 42 songs by Kajjan and Nissar, already popular singing pair of the stage. The film was a tremendous success across India with Kajjan emerging as the first superstar of Hindi cinema. It is said that a tongawala in Lahore pawned his horse to see “Shirin Farhad” 22 times. It was followed by another super hit “Laila Majnu”, featuring the same duo Kajjan and Nissar. Another film that created history was “Indrasabha” based on the play written by Agha Hassan Amanat, the court poet of Wajid Ali Shah, the last Nawab of Awadh. Loaded with 71 songs, the film still holds the world record as “film with the most number of songs”. The film with a duration of three and a half hours (211 minutes) was entirely in verse and Kajjan sang several songs, ensuring its roaring success all over the country. Some of the most popular numbers sung by Kajjan were — “Toone to mora man har Leeno More Banke Saanwaria ” (Oh my dearest you have captivated my heart); “Chaman Ko Yun Mere Saqi Ne Maikhana Bana Diya ” (My wine server has turned the garden into a tavern); “Kab Se Khadi Hoon Terey Dwar, Bula Le Mohe Balam Re ” (My love please call me as I have been waiting at your door for so long). Some of her other memorable movies were “Bilwamangal”, “Shakuntala”, “Alibaba Aur Chalis Chor”, “Aankh ka Nasha”, “Zahari Saanp”, etc. She lived a lavish life at Calcutta. Fond of pets, she even had two tiger cubs for some time. Kajjan was cited as a fashionable modern girl. A studio portrait of the late 1920s shows her wearing makeup, earrings, nose pin with finger waived hair, dressed in a sari with laced blouse. This very photograph was carried in an advertisement for face powder and hair products by “The Crisis (New York) 1928”. Kajjan had learnt western dancing and was a regular visitor to Calcutta Club, mixing freely with the elite gentry. On a personal front, she had a colourful life, with roaring love affairs with many of her co-stars. Fida Hussain, her theatre director and co-star openly speaks about the ups and downs of his romantic relationship with her. She was also intimately involved with Najmul Hassan, a very handsome actor of his time, who landed at New Theatres, Calcutta after being sacked by Bombay Talkies for his notorious affair with the leading star Devika Rani. She passed away unsung in 1945 in Bombay. (Ref: https://www.thehindu.com/features/fri...) Some links of famous songs of Kajjan Bai: 1. Kookat Koyaliya Kunjan Mein-    • Видео   2. Aaye Sawan Aaja Sajan-    • PRARTHANA (1943) - Aaya saawan aaja sajan ...   3. Kane Neha Lagaye Sajaniyan-    • PRARTHANA (1943) - Kaahe neha lagaaye saja...   You can support me at   / sdkd